Selenium Datepicker using JavascriptExecutor

Question

Please advise if this approach is accepted to pick-up date using Selenium

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

driver.manage().window().maximize();

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Answer 1

You can set value using JavaScript to input with ctl00_mainContent_txt_Fromdate id for from date and ctl00_mainContent_txt_Todate id for to date. You'll not see value changing from UI, but it works.

js.executeScript("arguments[0].value = arguments[1]",
    driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_txt_Fromdate")), "28-02-2020");

Instead of using sleep in you code, use WebDriverWait that makes WebDriver wait for a certain condition and will wait only as long as required.

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
driver.manage().window().maximize();

driver.get("https://www.spicejet.com/");

// Wait for Search button to be clickable, the state in which we assume that the site has loaded
WebElement searchButton = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_btn_FindFlights")));

// Select From and To Cities

js.executeScript("arguments[0].value = arguments[1]",
        driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_txt_Fromdate")), "28-02-2020");

js.executeScript("arguments[0].value = arguments[1]",
        driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_txt_Todate")), "01-03-2020");

searchButton.click();